Jaguar Land Rover to take on 150 young apprentices

British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has just handed young people looking for an in-road to the motoring industry a much-needed lifeline.

The new scheme is the first recruitment drive of 2013 and sees both Advanced and Higher apprenticeships offered to 90 and 60 keen youngsters respectively.

Higher apprenticeships are offered to those with A-level (or equivalent) qualifications in maths, science or a technology subject and it will take six years to complete. In that time, successful applicants can expect to obtain a number of NVQ qualifications as well as an undergraduate engineering degree.

Advanced apprenticeships are open to those with GCSE qualifications and run for three to four years, during which, the applicants will also receive a number of NVQ qualifications and valuable work experience.

Those apprentices that show the most promise will go on to fill roles at JLR's facilities in the Midlands and North West, including its new £355 million advanced engine manufacturing plant in Staffordshire.

Kirsty Scott, head of organisation performance at JLR, said: "We have recruited more than 300 apprentices in the past two years and are pleased to be recruiting another significant intake of new apprentices in 2013. We have ambitious plans for growth and Jaguar Land Rover is committed to providing the highest quality of both practical and academic training to develop future talent for the business."

The apprentice scheme is open to applications now and closes on January 31.

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Am really happy that they are creating these posts, however, they really need to improve their customer service and the quality of their product , I have had first hand experience of this and am still awaiting them to step up to the plate and deliver!!

This is a good first step scheme for this famous company, and I would hope will give some of those lucky few a chance for a full time job otherwise, GNVQ else where are not universally excepted without relevant proven wide knowledge, and experience for specialist trades. Thats the problem, 4 years of study,expense, and limited work experience is a waste, if the company has narrow production requirements, ie, pushing buttons, and no job at the end of it all.

We need a universally accepted engineering course (through Independant Training Centres) that have good dexterity skill training with an (attainable level) of theoretical combined, (but not to degree standard), to give many young non- academics a chance of ever getting an apprenticeship or a job.

Old technical College's did this in conjunction with companies, with Workshop Technology as part of Secondary School National Curriculum as first steps towards Apprenticeships. We need desperately to 'reinvent the wheel' for our manufacturing economy to flourish again.

I especially like the fact that the apprentices will get a sound practical backing to their academic engineering degree - in our trade we see lots of designs coming out of design shops from engineers, where no thought appears to have been given to the practicalities of fitting, service or maintenance, or where basic lessons learned on the shop floor haven't been taken on board in the design process ...

It's misleading to say that they *will* gain NVQs along the way though, in the same way as it's misleading to say that they *will* gain a BSc ... they'll only get it if they do the work and attain the standards!

Well done JLR. I feel better when I hear such news. I'm an Engineer on my way out and does me good to hear of me being replaced by young people in the Engineering world in the UK. Long live UK Engineering.

Good.It may seem hard at first for the apprentices with their mates earning more than them ,but after a few years their money will rocket ,their chance of remaining and finding work will increase .Good luck to them and well done Jaguar Land Rover